Details of Railway Accidents in the Ottawa Area

1898, March 17 - Head on collision at Merrickville - sixteen cars destroyed.

Chesterville Record 3/17/1898At
5 o'clock this afternoon two freight trains came together about a mile
east of this station, the result being the destruction of two engines
and sixteen cars. All hands jumped and escaped injury. It
will be some hours before the road can be cleared. The accident
seems to have been due to misunderstanding of orders given at Smiths
Falls.